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Apple iPad 4
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| Global Score | |
| 70.4 | 70.8 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Apple |
| iPadOS 18.x | iOS 7.x, 6.1, 6 |
| 2025-03-04 | 0000-00-00 |
| -- | 9.50 x 7.31 x 0.37 inches |
| 21.76 ounces | 23.35 ounces |
| Blue, Purple, Space Gray and Starlight | Black and White |
| -- | $ 740.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 13 inches | 9.7 inches |
| -- | 2048 x 1536 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| -- | 264 pixels per inch |
| 600 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| No touch screen | Capacitive, Multi-touch |
| 3.8 | 8.1 |
| Performance | |
| Apple M3 chipset | Apple A6X chipset |
| processor | Dual-Core 1400 MHz processor |
| 8 GB RAM | 1 GB RAM |
| Apple GPU 9-core GPU | PowerVR SGX554 (Dual-Core 200 MHz) GPU |
| 6.3 | 8.46 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 10.1 | 10.1 |
| Camera | |
| 12.00 MP + 12.00 MP | 5.00 MP + 1.20 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/2.40 aperture |
| 0.33 inches (1/3") sensor | -- |
| 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 9.9 | 7.92 |
| Networks | |
| -- | Wi-Fi |
| -- | Mobile Hotspot |
| 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA | LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA, UMTS, EDGE, GPRS, GSM and CDMA |
| -- | Micro SIM |
| 7.6 | 7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 9705mAh Battery | Li-Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 10.08 | 1.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.3 | Bluetooth 4.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | -- |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The iPad 4 is a bit better than Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025), getting a 70.8 score against 70.4. The iPad 4 works with iOS 7.x OS, while Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) works with iPadOS 18.x OS. IPad 4 has a lot better screen than Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025), although it has a much smaller display.
IPad 4's memory capacity for games and applications is very similar to Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025)'s one, both have equal internal memory capacity. IPad 4 has a much more powerful CPU than Apple Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025), because although it has less RAM memory and an inferior number of cores , it also counts with an additional graphics processor.
The Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) counts with a superior battery duration than iPad 4. Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3, 2025) captures much better photographs and videos than iPad 4, because it has a lot more megapixels camera, a much larger aperture to take better images and videos in low-light situations and a lot higher 3840x2160 video resolution.
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